Police said 79-year-old Predrad Stojanovski lost control of his 1990 BMW 525i about 12:15 p.m. in the parking lot of Kroger in the 6400 block of Colerain Avenue.

The car struck four parked cars and a 25-year-old woman, who was taken to University Hospital for treatment of unspecified injuries. She was listed in fair condition.

The car then crashed into the front of the store, damaging a window and support beams.Stojanovski was taken to Mercy Mount Airy Hospital for observation.

Workers said the incident happened in just a matter of minutes.

"It looks like he tried to make a drive-thru out of it," Tire Discounters worker Gary Wenstrup said. "If there wasn't a cart corral inside I think he would have completely gone all the way through into the store where the cash registers are."Investigators said that after crashing into the store, Stojanovski circled through the plants and patio furniture sitting outside and hit four parked cars before heading toward the Tire Discounters store.

"You could hear the stuff that was underneath the car just dragging through the parking lot so we thought it was a little strange," Wenstrup said.

Police said Stojanovski noticed he couldn't exit the parking lot by Tire Discounters, threw his car into reverse and hit another car.

"He hit it so hard that he stopped stopped, put it, continued in reverse to where the tires were squealing and by that time we were in front of him getting him to stop the vehicle," Wenstrup said.

Wenstrup and his coworkers weren't the only people trying to get the 79-year-old to stop.

"I looked across the parking lot all the kroger's Kroger's employees were running over to the car so we made sure that the guy didn't go anywhere and when we got him out of the car he had no idea that he had done anything," Wenstrup said.

The crash remains under investigation. Alcohol and drugs are not considered factors in the crash.